Lesson Plans/Activities/Stunts

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Grades K-3

• All the water in the world
  from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1
• Aquifer in a cup
  from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
• Build your own water cycle
  from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water

Grades 4-8

• Where does water come from
  from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
• Build your own aquifer
• How people get their water
• Nonpoint source pollution
• Role of plants in water filtration
• Water purification by evaporation and condensation

Links to other lesson plans/activities/stunts

K-4

from the Peace Corps

• Access to Water (1-3)
• Daily Use of Water (1-3)
• The Value of Water (1-3)
• Water Use in East Africe (3-5)
• Water Use and Climate in Ghana (3-5)
• Water Sources in West Africa (3-5)

5-8

from the Peace Corps

• From Neglect to Respect (5-8)
• Celebrating our Connections through Water (5-8)
• A Sense of Water (6-8)
• Bringing Water to a Lesotho Village (6-8)
• Water: The Flow of Women's Work (6-8)
• Water: Source of Health, Source of Illness (6-8)
• Water Safari - A Journey of Life (6-8)
  from the U.S. EPA
• Blue Thumb Water Treatment Plant (4-8)

9-13

from the National Science Foundation

• Chemistry of Oxygen Solubility (12-13)
• Conductivity (12-13)
• Data Interpretation (12-13)
• Modeling Water Quality (12-13)
• Properties of Water (12-13)
  from the Peace Corps
• Water-borne Illnesses (9-12)
• Water Pressure (9-12)
• Visual Messages: Creating a Photomontage (9-12)
• Water: A Source of Life and Culture (9-12)
• Narrative Cartoons (9-12)
  from the U.S. EPA
• Build Your own Watershed (8-12)
• Water Filtration (4-8)